How To Cook Ribs In The Oven

Barbecue ribs are delicious, but a barbecue can only be used during certain times of the year. The key to cooking fatty cuts of meat such as ribs is the low and slow style. This allows the meat to cook down properly, leaving it juicy rather than dry and chewy. Certainly, you need an outdoor smoker, decent weather and hours of cooking time to make proper ribs, right? As it turns out, you can make a high-quality rack of ribs using just your standard kitchen oven.

Rib Marinade

As you won't be getting the usual smoky, barbecue flavor, it's important to make a marinade that will help bring out the ribs' taste while also adding the flavors that you'd get from a smoker. Liquid smoke is a great substitute in this case.

Ingredients:

Two racks of pork baby back ribs

Four cups water

One cup salt

One cup brown sugar

One cup apple cider vinegar

One tablespoon liquid smoke

Instructions:

Using a knife, remove any membrane from the ribs. The membrane won't cook down, so removing as much as possible is ideal.

Place the ribs in a deep dish

Mix the water, salt, sugar, vinegar and liquid smoke in a mixing bowl

Pour the mixture into the dish with the ribs, ensuring that ribs are completely submerged in the marinade. If you need more liquid, add equal parts vinegar and water until the ribs are covered.